winghold

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noun

Stability of the wings in flying; a seeming purchase of the air made by a flying bird.

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Meanings

nounwinghold (countable and uncountable, plural wingholds)

plural wingholds

  1. countableliteraryuncountableStability of the wings in flying; a seeming purchase of the air made by a flying bird.

    Swerving and twisting away from the misty lower air, he rises to the first faint warmth of sun, feels delicately for winghold on the sheer fall of sky.

    1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 39
  2. countableuncountableA hold or grasp of the wing.

Origin

From wing + hold; modelled on foothold, toehold.

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APA

winghold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winghold

MLA

“winghold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winghold. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “winghold,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winghold.

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